Fulton city firefighters evacuated residents from two homes today after a local contractor hit a 2-inch natural gas main on Powers Drive, just off Curtiss Street, Fulton fire Lt. Paul Foster said.

Nobody was injured in the accident, which happened about 12:15 p.m., Foster said. City firefighters and police spent about two hours setting up a safe perimeter around the area so National Grid could take care of the leak. "It's a heavily traveled street and the main access route to the junior high school," Foster said.